Mitacs
One of our valued partners is Mitacs, a nonprofit national research organization. In collaboration with Canadian academia, private industry, and government, Mitacs runs research and training programs.
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They support internships by matching 50% of the amount interns are paid by industry partners.
Examples of companies where our students have completed internships in collaboration with Mitacs include: Olab Inc., Swift Root Inc., Fitzba Technologies Inc., NBNB Consulting Inc., FluidPlanet.org, Prompty Inc., Startup Court, Black Business Ventures Association.
Our Projects
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The Barriers Experienced by Alberta’s English-Speaking Immigrant Black Canadian Entrepreneurs
Timeframe:
May 2023
to
December 2023
The Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA) and Startup Court are two non-profit programs that provide entrepreneur training and development programming to the unique market of: English-speaking Black immigrant entrepreneurs in Alberta.
To enhance programming, both partners have identified an information gap about the barriers which prevent this demographic from beginning a new business, or scaling an existing business. Psychographic information about this market segment will provide important insights and direction for the marketing and strategic planning of both organizations.
How does this project help?
Filling this information gap was a student intern from Bow Valley College, who was supervised by faculty into conducting an ethically reviewed research project, thus fulfilling BBVA and Startup Court’s psychographic market information needs. The research recruited 50 English-speaking immigrant Black entrepreneurs from the two largest Alberta cities of Calgary and Edmonton.
The participants completed short surveys about specific issues related to their perceptions and attitudes towards barriers to entrepreneurship. The study compared how Alberta’s immigrant Black entrepreneurs shared similarities and differences with Canadian entrepreneurs (in general), Canadian Black entrepreneurs, and Canadian immigrant entrepreneurs. Beginning with Alberta, this research investigated how each provincial innovation ecosystem had barriers as well as opportunities for English-speaking immigrant Black entrepreneurs.
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Bow Valley College
345 - 6 Avenue SE,
Calgary, AB T2G 4V1
+1 403-410-1400
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